Cratia Explained

Cratia is an extinct frog which existed in Brazil during the Early Cretaceous (Aptian). Fossils were discovered in and named after the Crato Formation.^[1] It was named by Ana M. Báez, Geraldo J.B. Moura and Raúl O. Gómez in 2009, and the type species is Cratia gracilis.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Ana M. Báez . Geraldo J.B. Moura . Raúl O. Gómez . amp . 2009 . Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: implications for the early divergence of neobatrachians . Cretaceous Research . 30 . 4 . 829–846 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.01.002. 2009CrRes..30..829B .